Thursday, December 16, 2021

QQQ Falls as Tech Stocks Drop After ADBE Lowers Guidance...Financials, Materials, Staples Lead Sectors

  
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Major tech stocks including AAPL, MSFT, NVDA sold off after ADBE lowered, before the open, its Q1 revenue and EPS guidance below current consensus.  The SPX closed at 4,668 -41.18, and the NDX closed at 15,863, -425.65.
 

SPX changes:
Dec 14 EPAM replaced KSU
Dec 20 SBNY, SEDG, FDS will replace LEG, HBI, WU
NDX changes:
Dec 20 ABNB, FTNT, PANW, ZS, DDOG, LCID will replace CDW, CERN, CHKP, FOXA, FOX, INCY, TCOM
 
SPY down 4.15 at 466.45, on 116.5 million shares, above average volume, down on similar volume.  
VIX up 1.28 at 20.57
QQQ down 10.21, -2.57% at 386.84
 
 
VZ, TRV, IBM, GS led the DJIA, 19 advancers, -4
NEM, T, CAN, NUE led the SPX, 263 advancers.
PTON, KHC, CHTR, CTSH led the NDX, 31 advancers.
 
The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.
 
Up: 
Down: DIA, SPY, IWM, QQQ,
 
Eight of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by XLF, XLB and XLP.
 
Financial leaders: SCHW, WFC, BK, BAC
Basic Materials leaders: NEM, NUE, WRK, FCX
Consumer Staples leaders: K, KHC, SJM, MO 
 
Advancers weakened on Thursday as decliners led 1,810 to 1,554 on the NYSE and led 3,084 to 1,568 on the NASDAQ.
 
The SPY MFC green line turned up at 75.6 and is bullish.  SPY is a horizontal breakout setup. 
 
 
Uptrend sectorsXLP, XLV, XLRE, XLU, XLK, XLB, XLY, XLE, XLI, XLF,
Neutral sectors: 
Down trend sectors: XLC,
 
The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is up.
 
3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-day Short Term Market TrendSideways
 
31 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.
 
43 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  DLTR, VRSK, AVGO, AAPL, COST, QCOM, LRCX, MCHP, MU, GILD, VRTX, CSCO, FAST, ORLY, XEL, CSX, MRVL, PEP, AEP, AMGN, CTAS, CTSH, FISV, SBUX, WBA, CERN, MNST, EXC, MDLZ, FB, INCY, ILMN, TMUS, ANSS, INTC, KDP, MRNA, PAYX, SIRI, SNPS, VRSN, CHKP, KHC,
 
 
NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
CHKP, KHC,
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 11
ADP, AMAT, CDNS, CDW, GOOGL, NXPI, PCAR, REGN, SWKS, TXN, XLNX,
 
 
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Ben W. said...

Thank you, Dave. Much appreciated. It was a tough day to trade with XLK and XLY being so down and 40% of the S&P.